Chapter 2830 The Concubine Acts Recklessly
Nan Yan narrowed her eyes slightly.
He said coldly: "No."
"Why?"
Everyone was a little stunned, and Nan Yan's expression was cold. She didn't say much to them, but said coldly: "There's no reason. I said no, it's not possible!"
The ministers looked at each other, and a hint of anger appeared in their panic.
Yan Gu said, "Your Highness, the situation is so urgent now, yet you won't allow the Yuehua Gate to be opened, won't allow us to hide in the harem, and won't allow troops to be transferred back from the Nine Gates to guard the palace. Do you really want to watch those mobs rush in and kill us all?!"
"My Lady, you can't do this!"
"That's right. If we give orders recklessly at this time, we'll be playing with everyone's lives!"
As soon as he heard someone accusing the imperial concubine, although he was still a little terrified after witnessing the incident at the Nangong Gate, Zhu Chengxuan instinctively stood up and said, "My lords, you are overstepping your bounds!"
Everyone was shocked again.
You know, the last time in the Xuanqiong Palace, Ge Yunli accused the imperial concubine in this way, and was dragged out and beaten to death by people sent by the King of Wei.
So, when everyone saw him like this, they all felt guilty.
But the next moment, they didn't care anymore.
They are now in the main hall, only a long corridor and a palace gate away from the South Palace Gate. The danger is right in front of them, who can care about so many things?
If we really wait for the mob's knives to chop off our heads and the bloody heads roll to the ground, who will care which head belongs to the imperial concubine and which head belongs to the minister.
The most important thing is to survive.
Then several ministers immediately said: "We are overstepping our bounds because the imperial concubine has acted recklessly."
"That's right."
Several people around started shouting, "If we are not allowed to enter the harem and are forced to stay here, those mobs will break in and kill us at any time. Don't our lives matter?"
"Let us into the harem!"
"Recall all the troops sent to the Nine Gates to protect the palace!"
"We can't die like this!"
Seeing them getting more and more violent, almost to the point of blowing the roof off the main hall, Nan Yan's face darkened. She glared at them coldly and said, "If you dare to talk nonsense in front of me again, I will kill you right now!"
After saying that, he waved his hand.
The personal soldiers she brought back from Handongwei immediately rushed forward and pulled out the long swords at their waists.
There were a few loud noises, and cold light flashed across the eyes of several people.
The ministers' throats were choked and they dared not speak carelessly.
Gu Tingqiu came over. His face was pale and his forehead was covered in sweat. He was obviously frightened, but he was not as panicked as Yan Gu and the others. He just asked, "Madam, do you want someone to lock the door of the hall?"
Nan Yan glanced at the gate.
He said in a deep voice: "No need."
"Why?"
"If the mob can really break through the palace guards and rush out of this hall, what difference will it make whether the door is locked or not?"
“…”
"To kill us, all it takes is a fire."
“…”
"If I really have to die, I won't die in frustration."
Hearing her say this, which seemed to indicate she was going to burn her boats, Gu Tingqiu was quite shocked and speechless for a moment.
And Nan Yan added: "But don't worry, uncle."
“…”
"It's not that easy to die."
“…”
Gu Tingqiu looked at her deeply.
Although he didn't quite understand why the imperial concubine didn't let them open the Yuehua Gate and hide in the harem, but instead wanted them to hide here, but since the imperial concubine did so, she naturally had plans to do so.
Zhu Chengxuan was silent for a moment, then whispered, "Your Majesty, are you not opening the Yuehua Gate? Is it because you don't want those rioters to enter the harem so quickly and disturb Father, Concubine Shun, and the others?"
Nan Yan glanced at him.
After a moment of silence, he nodded slightly.
Zhu Chengxuan felt an indescribable pang of sadness in his heart. He gritted his teeth and said, "But if we stay here, we'll just be sitting ducks. If the mob rushes over, we won't be able to do anything."
“…”
Nan Yan glanced at him and said nothing.
Just as the followers of the Earthly Immortal Society who rushed into the Nangong Gate were fighting with the palace guards who came from all directions, a small figure took advantage of the people around him who were engaged in a fierce battle and slipped in from the corner of the wall.
Just as he was about to leave, a voice behind him called out, "Li Quan!"
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The soldiers defending the city were already retreating step by step. When they saw another large group of people, including believers of the Earth Immortal Society, rushing to the city gate, they fell into despair in an instant and lost all their fighting spirit.
At this moment, a burst of angry shouts suddenly came from the dark alley on both sides of the gate.
“Kill!”
The sound suddenly sounded, not only scaring the soldiers guarding the city, but also startling those who were fighting with them, and the believers of the Earth Immortal Society who rushed out on the avenue later.
Those who were rushing forward slowed down a bit.
Because of this, when they were still some distance away from the city gate, two groups of people suddenly rushed out from the dark alleys on both sides and stopped them.
Those people from the Earthly Immortal Society were stunned.
Looking closely, they saw that the people rushing out were not the soldiers defending the city. Their clothes were completely different from those of the defenders.
But——
Imperial guards!
They are the personal guards that protect the emperor.
In fact, they had received news a long time ago that the imperial concubine seemed to have transferred the imperial guards to the nine inner and outer gates to strengthen the defense. However, they also guessed that due to limited manpower, it was impossible to add so many people to each city gate.
Moreover, even after such a fierce battle, no imperial guards showed up, so they guessed that no additional personnel were sent here.
But I didn’t expect it!
In a flash, a team of imperial guards rushed up and blocked the two groups of people, while Ying Shao walked out of the alley.
He raised the knife in his hand and swung it towards the middle.
The team immediately split into two columns in the middle, their movements were in perfect unison and their reactions were so quick that they seemed like one person.
The people on both sides of the Earth Immortal Society were still in a daze, and one of the two groups of people had already started fighting with the people who were attacking the city gate, while the other group of people directly blocked the outside to prevent the two groups of the Earth Immortal Society from joining together.
Especially the team of Earth Immortals Society at the city gate were attacked from both sides in an instant.
The soldiers defending the city suddenly became brave and fought desperately.
As the screams were heard one after another, even the city walls were dyed red by the spurting blood. After a while, those followers of the Earth Immortal Society, who were a mixture of civilians and monks, were chopped down by their swords.
The corpses were lying all over the ground.
Ying Shao immediately said, "Reinforce the city gates. We'll handle the rest!"
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